Effects of convective processes on GCM simulations of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 352-377

  Deng, Liping ^a   Wu, Xiaoqing ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PROCESS; COHERENT STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOIST CONVECTION; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRIGGER CONDITIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949335248     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3114.1     Document Type: Article

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